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Development and constraints of food industries in Korea.

Lee CherlHo;

JIRCAS International Symposium Series Year: 1999 Issue: No. 7 Pages: 191-199 Ref: 11 ref.

1999

บทคัดย่อ

Korea imports over 60% of its food requirements. Industrial concern over postharvest technology applies to both domestically produced products and imported products. Rice is the most important domestic product, accounting for more than 80% of the total grain production in the country, while Chinese cabbage, radish and onion are important vegetables and apple and pear are important in terms of postharvest storage. Studies on postharvest rice processing technology were conducted in the 1970s and 1980s mainly at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI), and the construction of Rice Processing Complexes (RPCs) was started from 1991 through the initiation of the seventh 5-year Economic Development Plan of the country. By 1997, over 250 RPCs were constructed throughout the country and an additional 120 factories were under construction or in the stage of planning. The most important vegetable storage technology deals with Kimchi fermentation, which

has been rapidly industrialized in recent years. As the importation of raw materials for the food industry is growing and the consumer demand for high quality food and better sanitation is increasing, the quality of the imported food is becoming an important social issue, and the public surveillance of postharvest handling of imported food is further emphasized. The need for the application of new technologies, such as food irradiation, for the effective control of insects and microorganisms, is discussed.